From 2001 to 2006, reporter Lee Manchester wrote extensively on Adirondack history and historic preservation issues for the Lake Placid News. In 2004, Adirondack Architectural Heritage gave Lee its special recognition award for raising public awareness of regional historic preservation issues. Lee’s stories, many of which appear below, can also be found in two books: Adventures in the New Wilderness, and Adirondack Heritage: Travels Through Time in New York’s North Country. Lee was the media relations director for Wagner College on Staten Island, NY until his retirement in 2023. More of his work can be found HERE.
AARCH
AARCH Profile
Adirondack Architecture
Barn Preservation
Train Conference
Historic Churches Book
Historic Bridges
Endangered Bridges
AARCH Top 5, Part 1
AARCH Top 5, Part 2
ARTO MONACO
Arto Monaco*
Monaco Mural
ESSEX COUNTY
Au Sable Chasm
Crown Point
Essex
Historic Inns Tour
Historic Keeseville
Keene Valley Library Renovation
Lewis Schoolhouses
New Russia
Port Henry
Port Henry Restoration
Rockwell Kent Tour
Schoolhouses
Schroon Lake
Trudeauville
Two Music Camps
Osgood Pond Tour, Part 1
Osgood Pond Tour, Part 2
Valcour Island Tour
Westport
Willsboro Point
FIRE TOWERS
Fire Towers Conference
Goodnow Tower Hike
Hurricane!
Hurricane Fire Tower
Mount Adams Tower
Mount Adams 2005
Natural History Tour
Palmer, Belfry Towers
Podskoch Fire Towers Book
Poke-O Opening
Vanderwhacker Tower
JAY TOWNSHIP
Au Sable Preservation*
Graves Mansion, Au Sable Forks
Hollywood Theater, Au Sable Forks
Jay History
Jay Bridge Protest
Jay Bridges
Wellscroft (Adirondack Life)
LAKE PLACID/NORTH ELBA
Camp Solitude
Bob Run Restoration
Historic Lake Placid Hotels
Historic Schools, North Elba
Lake Placid History Walk*
Palace Theater 75th Anniversary
Placid Lake Camps Tour AARCH
Frozen Placid Lake Tour
Newman Tour
Olympic Art at 25
North Elba Cemetery
100th Anniversary
Lake Placid P.O. Murals
MUSEUMS
Adirondack History Center
Chapman Museum
Fort Ticonderoga
Iron Center
Lake Placid History Museum
Miner Museum
Penfield Museum
Two Stops in Malone
OLD ROADS
Old Mountain Road
Tales of the Old Iron Road, Parts 1-3
More Old Roads
SANTANONI
Preserving Santanoni
Santanoni Barn Fire
Santanoni
Followup Santanoni
Last Ski, Santanoni
SANTANONI PHOTO PAGES
Santanoni as Adirondack Ho-o-den
Santanoni Photos, Sept. 1, 2004
Santanoni, Additional Shots
TAHAWUS & UPPER WORKS
Adirondac Ghost Town*
Avery Toll Road
Adirondac Archeology
Tahawus Club, Part 1
Tahawus Club, Part 2
WILMINGTON
Old Wilmington Town Hall
Whiteface Highway
Whiteface Highway Redux
Whiteface & the 10th Mountain Division
Wilmington Mine Tour
Santa’s History*
Camp Meeting
JOHN BROWN & UNDERGROUND RAILROAD
John Brown Tour
Underground Railroad in Adirondacks
John Brown, Revised
More on John Brown
Brown Commemoration
Brown’s Body Trail